This morning we called at La Parisienne to make a couple of phone calls and also to pick up a cake which I had ordered on Wednesday on Cathy’s behalf for James. I was shocked when the cake wasn’t ready as I had asked for a morning pick up and it wouldn’t be ready until the afternoon. Usually they have plenty of cakes on display but today there were a couple of larger cakes and one small vanilla cake. There was no option but to ask for a refund so I could see if Le Palais had any chocolate cakes, luckily they did however it still required icing so would take another thirty minutes. I ordered and paid for the cake then returned to La Parisienne to meet Paul before setting off back home. We quickly packed a holdall as we are staying over at Rainbow Beach Resort at Sanyang to celebrate James Birthday. All packed we phoned Sam telling her to make her way to our house as she was travelling down with us, however the plan is to first stop off at the Tanji Museum on the way.
We arrived at the museum for 11.30am after a brief introduction from the guide we were able to look around the museum at leisure. On display were instruments, animals, photos, batiks, woven material and seeds to make dye from. The guide then took us around the museum grounds showing us a working well which Paul decided to have a go at and an area where a couple of guys were weaving wool into table runners which were for sale to visitors. Whilst in the grounds there were a number of squirrels running up and down the trees, the guide told us what each tree was used for. We were then shown a traditional compound area with husband and sons houses at the front of the compound and the wife and daughters at the back this is so the husband knows who is visiting the women within the compound. The husbands wives will stay in one house and take it in turn to visit their husband at his house during this time they are responsible for all the domestic work within the compound. In each house were raised beds made out of a bamboo frame and covered with palm leaves no mattress however we did sit on them and they seemed reasonably comfortable. With the tour finished we were shown in to a type of pagoda traditionally known as a bantabar and we were entertained by some drummers, a balafon player and singer.
We were back on the road and arrived at Sanyang, James and Cathy were laid on a couple of sun beds however the rest of the gang were still to arrive. We ate our picnic lunch, put our luggage into our room and changed for the beach. The sun was very hot, which was a nice change as most of this week it has been very overcast. James decided to build a volcano for Abigail and Bradley to stand on which meant Paul was able to have a quick snooze. Eventually Amy, Emily and Andrew arrived, they had decided not to stay over so will be making there way back home to Brikama this evening much to Abigail’s disappointment. Andrew was on top form after last night however he was covered in mosquito bites, Abigail had counted over fifty on his back. He had apparently called at Safari Garden on his way home from the commissioners and had chatted to the security guard before falling a sleep so the mosquito's feasted on him.
We arrived at the museum for 11.30am after a brief introduction from the guide we were able to look around the museum at leisure. On display were instruments, animals, photos, batiks, woven material and seeds to make dye from. The guide then took us around the museum grounds showing us a working well which Paul decided to have a go at and an area where a couple of guys were weaving wool into table runners which were for sale to visitors. Whilst in the grounds there were a number of squirrels running up and down the trees, the guide told us what each tree was used for. We were then shown a traditional compound area with husband and sons houses at the front of the compound and the wife and daughters at the back this is so the husband knows who is visiting the women within the compound. The husbands wives will stay in one house and take it in turn to visit their husband at his house during this time they are responsible for all the domestic work within the compound. In each house were raised beds made out of a bamboo frame and covered with palm leaves no mattress however we did sit on them and they seemed reasonably comfortable. With the tour finished we were shown in to a type of pagoda traditionally known as a bantabar and we were entertained by some drummers, a balafon player and singer.
We were back on the road and arrived at Sanyang, James and Cathy were laid on a couple of sun beds however the rest of the gang were still to arrive. We ate our picnic lunch, put our luggage into our room and changed for the beach. The sun was very hot, which was a nice change as most of this week it has been very overcast. James decided to build a volcano for Abigail and Bradley to stand on which meant Paul was able to have a quick snooze. Eventually Amy, Emily and Andrew arrived, they had decided not to stay over so will be making there way back home to Brikama this evening much to Abigail’s disappointment. Andrew was on top form after last night however he was covered in mosquito bites, Abigail had counted over fifty on his back. He had apparently called at Safari Garden on his way home from the commissioners and had chatted to the security guard before falling a sleep so the mosquito's feasted on him.
A dinner of fish and chips was served on the beach again, followed by the chocolate cake we then sat around a camp fire and chatted. We had brought the pop up tent with us so when the children get tired we could put them in it and carry them to the room when we go to bed later on in the evening. It was a bit colder than last time on the beach however the fire kept us warm, the most annoying thing was all the butterfly’s flying around and landing on us or into the fire. Once the fire had died down at around 11.30pm Paul carried Abigail and Bradley off to bed.
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